A jury on Wednesday convicted Jose Fernandes of first-degree murder for his role in the 2009 drive-by shooting on Route 24 in Freetown that killed 29-year-old Troy Pina of Taunton.

Fernandes, 27, of Taunton, will be sentenced next Thursday in Fall River Superior Court. He is already facing an automatic life sentence without parole for the first-degree murder conviction.

Jurors, after two days of deliberation, also convicted Fernandes of three counts each of armed assault to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm. He will be held without bail until his sentencing.

“We’re very grateful for the jurors’ decision. It was a long trial and we’re very thankful for their time and attention,” said First Assistant District Attorney William McCauley, who prosecuted the trial with Assistant District Attorney Stephen Nadeau.

Prosecutors said Fernandes acted in a joint venture with two other Taunton men, Marcus Mitchell, 25, and Thomas Jeffreys, 34, in targeting Pina and Francisco Monteiro, 32, of Bourne, in the early-morning hours of May 17, 2009.

The trio — calling themselves the Supreme Team — drove in two separate cars and shot at a vehicle driven by Monteiro, prosecutors said, adding that Pina, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was the only person struck by gunfire. Pina was pronounced dead after being driven to Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River.

Four bullets struck the passenger side door next to where Pina was sitting. Fernandes, who was armed with a 45-caliber handgun, bragged to friends and associates that he had fired the fatal shots, though ballistic evidence showed Pina was actually killed by a single .40-caliber bullet, prosecutors said.

“Obviously, it was a joint venture. (Fernandes) clearly was a fully committed participant,” McCauley said.

The shooting stemmed from a festering feud between the two groups of individuals that began in May 2008. The breaking point, prosecutors said, was when Monteiro beat up Jeffreys during a fight.

Defense attorney Timothy J. Bradl said at the beginning of the trial that the prosecution’s case was built on unreliable witnesses with “axes to grind, agendas and benefits” they hoped to obtain in exchange for their cooperation with police.

Prosecutors said their case consisted of witness statements, ballistic evidence and cellphone records that placed Fernandes and his two alleged accomplices at the crime scene.

The suspects allegedly obtained six handguns — a 9mm, a .45-caliber and four .40-caliber weapons — from someone who bought the guns from stores in New Hampshire. The suspects began walking in a group and were on the lookout for Pina and Monteiro, prosecutors said.

Just before the fatal drive-by shooting, prosecutors said the defendants shot at, but missed, Monteiro and Pina’s vehicle on Whittenton Street in Taunton. A witness testified during the trial that she saw two vehicles near the Pioneer Club, 332 Whittenton St., and shots being fired. The witness said she did not see the occupants of either vehicle.